MEANING & HISTORY
What does Riban mean?
The historical Webster dictionary reproduced by NETBible has an exact riban entry referring the reader to ribbon and citing Piers Plowman. It is an older English word spelling, not a modern Filipino translation.
A FamilySearch result for Riban instead explains Liban in its definition, so that neighbouring-name account is not used as an etymology for this spelling. Independent given-name-field evidence preserves the exact personal spelling. This lexical reading does not claim that the word supplied the family’s naming intention.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
RIBANCSV record 602 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Riban in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Riban
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Ria♀Familiar form of Maria
- Rica♀Short form of Frederica or other -rica names
- Ricar♂Familiar form of Ricarte, Ricardo or Richard
- Ridwan·Consent, approval or satisfaction
- Rina♀Short form of names ending in rina
- Rita♀Short form of Margherita and other -rita names
- Riza·Satisfaction or contentment in the Persian-Arabic route
- Teban♂Crown or wreath, through Esteban
What rhymes with Riban?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Webster 1913, via NETBible — riban (opens in a new tab)
Exact dictionary spelling, language and stated word sense; naming motive not inferred.